November 2019 - IF/EF Chat Thread (All Welcome)

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#271

Was actually just telling the Wife I would probably forego dinner tonight and just Fast for a bit…

(Bob M) #272

@xsuebeex and @Madeleine I’ll let you know then. We’ll have to see what I can do. I’ve been having a difficult time lately just making it 36 hours. 4.5 days used to not be an issue for me, but lately it’s been harder for me. So, we’ll see.

(back and doublin' down) #273

I’ll be doing fasts Mon/Wed/Fri at least through the 2nd week in December, so will definitely be around to support whatever someone else is doing!

Make a plan. Fasting seems so much easier for me when I’m planning.

#274

I’ve actually ended up doing about 30 hrs. between meals most of this week. Though I’ve always said, IMO, anything over or beyond 24 hrs. is an EF, I’m seeing these more like just extended OMAD’s. But plan to skip tomorrow altogether & won’t probably eat anything till Thursday night, since we have plans to visit our neighbors as we do each year and will be hunting at least the morning on Thursday. - (I’ve actually taken some nice Deer over the years on Thanksgiving Day.) … But this would give me at least 48 hrs. which would cap off a pretty decent week altogether.

(back and doublin' down) #275

Nice Thursday plan, Dave!

Just rolled into my next 42hr fast. Got started a little late due to working late. All sorts of snow and wind supposedly headed this way that’s going to prevent me from getting to my son’s for Thanksgiving, may keep me in for the whole long weekend.

(John) #276

Well, the Thanksgiving consumption has wound down. I am starting my weekly Fasting Friday here at about 6:30 PM Thursday, my final fast of the month (because the month is almost over). Then 4 more Fridays in the year, and it will be the new year!

#277

Well unfortunately, those plans didn’t work out as I had hoped. (Actually been a bad week for planning overall. :expressionless:)

I got home yesterday and for some reason, started feeling a little bad on the ride home, and started to get a headache too. So I actually laid down and fell asleep for an hour or so and when I woke, I was having some stomach issues? - Not sure what the cause was since I hadn’t eaten anything really, but a little while later I decided to try eating something which seemed to help some. But then they also were calling for high winds again, so hunting was also out for this morning as well. :confounded: So hoping to get some time in tomorrow and might just say screw it & Fast some over the weekend, which I don’t usually do?

Have to see… Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. :+1:

(back and doublin' down) #278

@Digital_Dave My mama always said “wanna see God laugh? make plans…” Most sorry to hear the biggest deterrent was a health thing. Maybe there’s a bug going around? I certainly hear about viruses going through communities around here.

The predicted snowfall that kept me on my side of the pass and not celebrating Thanksgiving with my son and his family didn’t get here until this morning. Maybe we can see each other by Sunday.

Feasted yesterday. Even sticking totally keto, definitely ate more than needed. So, @JohnH, joining you for a Fasting Friday. I’ve decided it’s much easier to simply Not Eat.

(Jane Srygley) #279

Not eating today! Well, until 5pm anyway… Then I’m going to skip the veggies because I’ve been the bloat queen lately even with beano. Yesterday I probably ate a POUND of fucking cauliflower because I was trying NOT to eat crackers and biscuits so now I don’t even want to LOOK at a vegetable!!!

I had keto-friendly foods yesterday with the exception of the wine (white and sweet) and I ate an absolutely STUPID amount of food. I got kicked out of ketosis and gained a little over 4 lbs but OMG IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE!!! And I’m sure my OMAD will be really helpful today.

KCFO :smile:

(back and doublin' down) #280

Yep! Even better, we have a way to recover rather than continue to do damage. I ate three meals, was home alone and feeling sorry for myself so gave myself permission to binge, still stayed keto so I know I’ll bounce back. May fast until Sunday depending on what the scale says in the morning.

(John) #281

Sitting here at about the 27 hour mark, having a nice relaxing cup of black decaf coffee before bedtime. Easy one so far. I had a busy day at work that started early, and ran late, so that kept me occupied. I also got in most of my planned exercises and even about a 45 minute walk in lieu of eating during my lunch break.

I will see in the morning how long I want to go. 7am Saturday gets me to 36 hours, which is my typical weekly target, but I often end up going 42 or so, just because I am not always that hungry first thing in the morning.

(Mame) #282

Really looking forward to December. I am planning on a mixture of ADF and also travel both business and personal, and more holiday meals. It will be interesting but I feel ready. And who knows perhaps I will do another extended fast come January like last year.

See you all in that thread! :slight_smile: kcko

(John) #283

38 hours and done, for my final fast of November. See you guys in next month’s thread.

(back and doublin' down) #284

WTG John!

Didn’t do as long of a fast as planned. Being home is harder than busy at work. Plus the mini dash arrived. Made two batches of chaffles and woke about 4am with digestive distress. Makes me wonder about a sensitivity to eggs?

Going to back off on food today. Maybe OMAD it today and tomorrow, back to protocol for two more weeks.

Happy Saturday, see you all in the next month’s thread!

(Susan) #285

Doing a short (26-48 hour) fast to bring in December.
I have some vacation days coming up starting the 8th, so I plan to fast quite a bit. My vacation is 4 days a week for two weeks, with me volunteering on Thur, Fri and Sat for overtime.

#286

Just wanted to share that I can have the ingredients for the item you mentioned and be fine, but for some reason made in the iron it turns my stomach and makes me feel sick each time, I started to wonder if it was truly getting cooked through all the way? Hope you’re feeling better!

#287

In 48+ hrs of an unplanned water fast now, pretty sure I have a kidney stone and not feeling well, the nausea is ridiculous :nauseated_face:

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #288

Here is the December thread:

(back and doublin' down) #289

Yes, thank you. Ate light today, never really had an appetite. So maybe it’s the grill? Hmm I will experiment again but make sure to cook them longer!

(Jane Srygley) #290

Bummer dude sorry to hear that! Oxalates tend to cause those I think so you may want to look into that. Hope you’re all better now!